Linda with the Northeastern sign
Notes from Linda: As the summer is winding down, I’m finally getting to write this blog entry. It’s hard to believe that seven weeks have flown by so quickly. This summer at Northeastern has been pretty cool. Literally. The AC is turned on high, and I’m shivering as we speak. I’ve learned a lot working in Northeastern’s Marketing and Communications office. There are a large variety of projects that this department works on: Northeastern magazines, holiday cards for the president, brochures, logos, advertisements, signage, and web design. It seems as though the designers contribute to almost everything on campus. The atmosphere is great. Everyone is very hardworking but pretty relaxed. There is a lot of collaboration and teamwork between different staff members and departments.
I’ve been working mainly on print materials. I learned the basics of how to layout an article, which was a very detail oriented process. And I’ve learned the basics of InDesign and Photoshop. I’ve researched photos for the other active projects but my main projects this summer have been the New York Time’s Magazine advertisement, and (of course) my design for the YDB Competition (which is due in 2 days D:). I’ve had a lot of creative freedom with these projects. It has been confirmed that my design for the New York Time’s Magazine advertisement will be used, whether or not in the New York Time’s Magazine is still to be determined. I’m still really pumped that I’m might have something published!